3/21 Spirited Irish Fiddle/Guitar Concert in Trumbull, CT: Cady Finlayson & Vita Tanga Bring Irish Music to Long Hill United Methodist Church Series

    TRUMBULL, CT, March 03, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- On Saturday March 21st at 7 p.m., fiddle-guitar duo Cady Finlayson & Vita Tanga bring Spirited Irish music to Trumbull, CT. The concert is part of the series at Long Hill United Methodist Church, 6538 Main St., and follows their popular Spaghetti Supper. Admission to the concert is free, the Supper is $10 (supper is optional). The concert will include lively jigs and reels, beautiful Irish melodies and the history behind them. For directions to the concert, please visit www.longhillumc.com. For artist information, please visit www.fiddleandguitar.com

Cady Finlayson, fiddle
Known for performing Spirited Irish fiddle with a global twist, Cady and Vita play traditional Irish fiddle tunes with American folk and world music influences.
Cady FInlayson has brought her Spirited Irish fiddling to 33 states, performing at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the East Providence Heritage Festival. Her three fiddle CDs have attracted listeners from Australia to Japan and her Irish Coffee CD was one of the CDs nominated for "Best Celtic CD of 2007" by the NAR lifestyle awards.

Vita Tanga, guitar
Vita has performed and recorded on 4 continents, from Radio City Music Hall in New York to Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris - his hometown. He is a sought-after composer in the World/Urban music and film-scoring scene.

Cady Finlayson & VIta Tanga: The Story
"People ask us all the time, how did a French guitarist and a Brooklyn-based fiddler end up playing Irish music together? It all started at the most unlikely of Celtic rendezvous - on the First National Tour of Almost Heaven (a show about John Denver). I'd played Irish music for years and Vita was well-steeped in the world music and electronica genres. We were both hired to do this tour, and that's where we met, travelling across the country in a van with 5 actors. Vita and I entertained ourselves during soundchecks playing everything from French Christmas songs to the Theme from the Muppet Movie. At some point, though, I just had to play Irish music- I missed it too much. Vita was happy to go along with this, and every day during the singers' soundcheck, we would run backstage and try some tunes. We spent many days doing long drives in the van, and it was easy to share ipods and get ideas.
So that's how it started. It was a musical chemistry from the beginning and we have great fun exploring all the possibilities.
Vita brings all sorts of influences to the mix and I sometimes think he is "the global twist". -Cady Finlayson

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